NATION

CONVENTION '96: CONVENTION NOTES (THE REPUBLICANS)

SURE, IT FELT LIKE AN INFOMERCIAL, SEAMLESS AND SLICK. BUT SOMETIMES THE PRODUCT'S ROUGH EDGES SHOWED THROUGH

THE LAST TV SHOW (THE REPUBLICANS)

IT JUST MIGHT BE, AFTER A NO-NEWS CONVENTION THAT FRUSTRATED THE NETWORKS AND BOMBED IN THE RATINGS

WORLD

TAKING ON THE WORLD

CLINTON SAYS THE NEW LONG ARM OF UNCLE SAM IS STRIKING AT TERRORISTS, BUT THOSE GETTING HIT ARE AMERICA'S FRIENDS ABROAD

NOW IT'S LEBED'S WAR

THE BULL IN THE KREMLIN SHOP CHARGES INTO CHECHNYA TO TRY TO MAKE PEACE--AND PILE UP POLITICAL POINTS

HEALTH & MEDICINE

NEW HOPES, NEW DREAMS (Medicine)

CHRISTOPHER REEVE IS PREPARING TO WALK AGAIN. WHAT PROSPECTS CAN DOCTORS REALLY OFFER VICTIMS OF SPINAL-CORD INJURY?

SOCIETY

INDIAN SUMMER

AT CAMP WOLAKOTA YUKINI, TROUBLED SIOUX TEENS LEARN THE TRADITIONS OF THEIR PAST AS THEY SEEK OUT A BETTER FUTURE

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

SPINNING AWAY

AT IMATION, ONE OF MANY BUSINESSES CAST OFF BY CORPORATE PARENTS, EMPLOYEES STRUGGLE TO RE-CREATE A COMPANY

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

THEATER: DISPELLING THE GLOOM (The Arts / THEATER)

SAMUEL BECKETT GETS A STAGE FESTIVAL AND TWO NEW, IMPRESSIVE BIOGRAPHIES. REVELATION: HE'S HUMAN!

MUSIC: LULLABIES OF BROADWAY (The Arts / MUSIC)

NEW YORK'S TWO HIPPEST MUSICALS ARE OUT ON CD. ARE THEY STILL HIP AS ALBUMS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT?